Pittle-pattle

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle. archaic, intransitive

    "The world and the devil hath so bewitched us, that we in our deeds, I fear me, too many of us, deny God to be God, whatsoever we pittle-pattle with our tongues."

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"The world and the devil hath so bewitched us, that we in our deeds, I fear me, too many of us, deny God to be God, whatsoever we pittle-pattle with our tongues."

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